42 Drury Lane Westminster WC2B 5RN
Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 05 April 2013 (RN: 13/00900) for use of first, second and third floors as residential (Class C3) 2x2 bed flats and 4x3 bed flats including the creation of mezzanine level at fourth floor level. Use of ground and basement of 42 Drury Lane as either (Class A1/A2) or (Class B1) use; alterations at roof level including installation of plant equipment, screening, alterations to parapet wall, installation of rooflights; alterations to windows and doors. [Site includes 42 & 43 Drury Lane]. Namely, to vary the approved drawing numbers to amend the residential mix to 4x2 bed and 2x3 bed flats, to remove a stair and install an internal lift with associated lift overrun and alterations to plant at roof level, to add a mezzanine level and layout alterations, installation of rooflights above No 43.
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Progress
Application details
- Reference
- 13/08360/FULL
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Postcode
- WC2B 5RN
- Ward
- ST. JAMES'S
- Application type
- All Other
- Property type
- Flat
Key dates
- Decided
- 28 Oct 2013
Estimated project value
£135k–£340k
Typical UK cost for this job type, at inner London rates (2026). Estimated from the proposal description — planning applications do not state build cost. Source: trade estimate.
Recently sold nearby
Inside the two years most owners do their major work — kitchens, bathrooms, rewires and lofts. 8 recent sales are listed below.
- FLAT 3, 10 MACKLIN STREET, LONDON, WC2B 5NFFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £2,300,0006 months ago16 Mar 2026
- 22 GREAT QUEEN STREET, LONDON, WC2B 5BHOther · Not a standard market sale · £381,0008 months ago31 Dec 2025
- FLAT 25, 19 BROAD COURT, LONDON, WC2B 5QNFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · Not a standard market sale · £805,0009 months ago10 Dec 2025
- APARTMENT 17, 10 WILD STREET, LONDON, WC2B 4RLFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · Not a standard market sale · £1,550,0009 months ago5 Dec 2025
- VICTORY HOUSE, 30 - 34 KINGSWAY, LONDON, WC2B 6EXOther · Not a standard market sale · £33,955,2009 months ago27 Nov 2025
- 10 - 14 MACKLIN STREET, LONDON, WC2B 5NFOther · Not a standard market sale · £13,301,52310 months ago31 Oct 2025
- FLAT 6.2, 9 KEAN STREET, LONDON, WC2B 4AYFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £2,900,00011 months ago3 Oct 2025
- APARTMENT 2, 145 DRURY LANE, LONDON, WC2B 5TAFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £700,00012 months ago19 Sept 2025
Homes here go for about £2,300,000 — the median of the last 3 market sales in WC2B (the wider postcode district), £700,000 to £2,900,000.
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Planning constraints
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